Hamlet Vocabulary English 10 Honors

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Vanquish

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To defeat or conquer in battle

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Entreat

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To make an earnest request of

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Assail

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To attack with or as if with violent blows
Assault

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Fortify

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To make strong
To strngthen and secure
To reinforce

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Usurp

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To seize and hold (the rights of another) by force

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Bode

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To be an omen of

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Mettle

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Courage and fortitude
Inherent quality of character
Ability to give against odds

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Portentous

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Foreboding
Full of unspecifiable significance

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Harbinger

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One that indicates or foreshadows
To signal the approach of

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Dexterity

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Skill and grace in physical movement

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Dexterous

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Skillful in the use of the hands

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Retrograde

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Moving backward
Reverting to an earlier or inferior condition

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Impotent

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Lacking physical strength or vigor

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Jocund

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Sprightly and lighthearted in disposition

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Satyr

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A woodland creature

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Obsequious

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Full of exhibiting servile compliance

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Visage

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Facial expression

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Partisan

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Supporter of a party (often militant)

Also a weapon

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Precursor

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One that precedes and indicates

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Privy

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Given knowledge of something private

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Auspicious

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Attended by favorable circumstances`

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Transient

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Passing with time

Remaining in place for a short amount of time

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Wary

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On guard

Cautious

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Dejected

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Low in spirits

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Countenance

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Appearance, facial features

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Importune

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To ask urgently or repeatedly

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Prodigal

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Rashfully or wastefully extravegant

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Calumny

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A false statement and to injure another's reputation

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Libertine

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One who acts without moral constraint

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Censure

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An expression of strong disapproval

Harsh criticism

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Sepulcher

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A burial vault

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Sovereignty

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Supremacy exercised by a sovereign

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Sovereign

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One that exercised supreme and permanent authority

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Emnity

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Depp seated, often mutual hatred

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Pernicious

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Tending ot cause death or serious injury

Destructive

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Ambiguous

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Open to interpretation

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Expostulate

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To reaspm earnestly with someone in an effort to correct

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Rogue

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A unprincipled, unreliable person

Scoundrel or rascal

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Promontory

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A high ridge of land or rock jutting into a body of water

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Quintessence

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The pure, highly concentrated essence of something

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Indict

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To accuse of wrongdoing

To charge

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Spurious

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Lacking authenticity

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Prudent

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Wise in handling practical matters

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Eloquent

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Characterized by persuasive, powerful discourse
Moivingly expressive

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Choler

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Anger, irritability

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Boisterous

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Rough and stormy
Loud, noisy, lacking in restraint or discipline

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Discourse

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Verbal expression in speech or writing
A formal, lengthy conversation
(v) to to speak of write formally

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Rank

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Offensive in odor

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Divulge

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To make something private known

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Homage

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Special honor or respect expressed publically

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Garrison

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A military post
Troops stationed at a military post
(v) to assign to a military post

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Conjecture

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Inference of judgement based on incomplete evidence

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Incense

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to infuriate

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Pestilent

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Deadly, causatious of disease, harmful

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Superfluous

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More than is required

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Chaste

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Morally pure

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Ostentation

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Pretentious display meant to impress others

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Valor

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Courage or boldness (in battle)

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Abate

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To reduce in amount

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Impetuous

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characterized by sudden energy or emotion
impulsive

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Vilify

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to make vicious statements about

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Caustic

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bitterly or sarcastically witty

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Mercurial

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quick and changeable in mood

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Epiphany

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a sudden burst of understanding or discovery
sudden realization

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Surreptitious

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obtained/done/made secretly often in regards to an illicit purpose

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Clandestine

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secret (especially in regards to an illicit purpose)

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Exculpate

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to free from blame

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Vindicate

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to clear from blame with supporting arguments or proof